Education in India School Education (Numerical Data) 1998-99

Abstract

From Preface - ‘‘Education in India” is an annual publication of the Department of Secondary & Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. The present publication relates to school education for the year 1998-99 and contains State-wise statistics on institutions, enrolment, teachers, enrolment ratios and drop-out rates, etc. in respect of school education. This publication is divided into two parts. Part -1 contains an abstract of the developments in the field of school education. It also contains time series data on important aspects such as, growth in the number of institutions, enrolment, teachers, retention rate, Gross Enrolment Ratios, teacher pupil ratio, dropout rates and female participation. Part II comprises State-wise statistical tables based on the information collected from the States and Union Territories through ES-I (S) forms. We are hopeful that this publication would provide useful information to educational planners and policy-makers both at national and state level as well as to those engaged in research and development in the field of education.